I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

Topics: Cheerfulness Quotes, Conflict Quotes, Politics Quotes

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because...

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because...

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them...

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them...

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm...

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm...

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the...

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the...

In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done,...

In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done,...

Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of...

Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of...

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town,...

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town,...

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That...

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That...

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a...

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a...

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary -...

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary -...

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may...

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may...

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there...

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there...

I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.

I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything...

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything...

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.